Parry
['pærɪ] or ['pæri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword.
(verb.) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); 'block an attack'.
整理:鲁道夫--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
(v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.
(v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc.
(n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
手打:威尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Ward off, turn aside.
編輯:齐克
解釋/意思:
v.t. to ward or keep off: to turn aside: to avoid:—pa.t. and pa.p. parr′ied.—n. a turning aside of a blow or a thrust: a defensive movement of any kind.
校對:玛拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Maurice, replied Mrs Dengelton severely, unable to parry this attack, remember your cousin is in the room. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Come, come, Lady Dedlock, we must not fence and parry now. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- No man could, generally speaking, parry a joke better than Argyle: for few knew the world better: but this was no joke. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Not much, I am sorry to say, answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller's banter about his belief in the new medical light. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She was _parry_lized with fright, but she went, and oh, what _do_ you think he did? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She could not even parry the shafts; she was defenceless for the present. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- My blade was swinging with the rapidity of lightning as I sought to parry the thrusts and cuts of my opponents. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Somewhat confounded, Miss Wren parried the pleasantry, and sat down in a corner behind the door, with her basket in her lap. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I parried the question as well as I could. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Caroline used to be fluttered by them at first, but she had now got into the way of parrying these home-thrusts like a little Quakeress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He had hit on a more ingenious mode of parrying than he was aware of. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
整理:莱缪尔